Mahbub Murshid new chairman of IU`s Bangla dept

The authorities of Islamic University (IU) appointed Professor Gazi M Mahbub Murshid as the new chairman of Bangla department of the university, IU officials said on Monday.

IU vice-chancellor Professor Shaikh Abdus Salam appointed Murshid to the post for the next three years as the previous chairman Professor M Saidur Rahman died of COVID-19 on Thursday.

The newly appointed chairman said that he would fulfill the unfinished work of Professor Saidur Rahman with the assistance of teachers and students of the department.